As I started letterpress printing I was eager to finally print the letters I had collected over the years on university. I am totally enthusiastic about type and it was no question to stop collecting fonts. I very like the puzzle-ish aspect of setting up the chase and I enjoy touching each letter and feeling the surface.

What didn't occurred to me was the fact that you do not only need the type you also need a lot of spacing material that goes in between the letters, words and lines. Not only grew my collection of type but the non-printing material took up a decent amount of space as well.

I definitely bought type that I don't use and this bothers me a lot. Over the last years I noticed which kind of type I tend to use the most and I came up with some style and size guidelines for my future purchases. This means no script fonts but serif & sans-serif fonts in 3 sizes like 24/36/48 pt and some more lines, ornaments and graphic elements. The overall rule: only buy a font you truly like.